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Screamers "Demos 1977-78"




From the looks of things, music will never mean anything again. People like Tomato Du Plenty just do not exist anymore, so we here at PNP offer this tribute to him and his evil cohorts.

No guitars, loud brash keyboards, punchy drumming and vocals being barked and commanded by the spastic Du Plenty, were a couple of the first things that drew me into the Screamers. In all reality, their purity and symbolism as well as the music in their short time is what I'm left with, impacted by their haunting silhouette logo.

Manhattan born Tomato ran away at the age of 16 with starstruck eyes pinpointed on Hollywood. Selling maps to stars homes, he lusted after highways, wrote porno and was an American artist. Before Screamers he sang with Suicide blondes. In Spring 1977, Screamers would form and play with other acts of the time like Backstage Pass, the Zippers, Shock, and Avengers among many more. With tracks like "Violent World" "122 Hours Of Fear" "Punished Or Be Damned" and "I Wanna Hurt", the message was sent loud and clear. In true punk self destruction the band never recorded a proper album or a single, but did record this batch of demos as well as numerous pirated recordings flying around, video and cd alike.



Now:::

Tomato is buried at Hollywood Forever off Santa Monica Blvd. here in L.A. His shrine displays some of his art, he's in good company housed nearby another young artist by the name of Rozz Williams. In closing, here are 2 reviews from back in the day:

"The Screamers are not entertainment, they are an assault. They're music sound like danger." --Twisted

"The future, the one and only group in this galaxy to have gone away with guitars and other lame gimmicks." --Slash



File Under::: Download Or Be Damned



Tracklist:

1] The Beat Goes On
2] Thru The Flames
3] Sex Boy
4] If I Can't Have What What I Want (I Don't Want Anything)
5] She's The Girl
6] I Wanna Hurt
7] 122 Hours Of Fear (Part 1)
8] ...122 Hours Of Fear (Part 2)
9] Punished Or Be Damned
10] Government Love Affair
11] Peer Pressure
12] In A Better World
13] Vertigo
14] Magazine Love
15] It's A Violent World



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